Cuts to Disability Living Allowance

“We are not cutting the money that is going into supporting disability.”David Cameron, 5 September 2012

The background

The issue of cuts to benefits for disabled people must have been an unwelcome topic for a Prime Minister who has been busy cheering on Britain’s Paralympians this week.

But Labour MPs were determined to put David Cameron on the spot at the first session of Prime Minister’s Questions after the long summer recess.

What did he have to say to leading disabled athletes who said this week that they would be “lost” without their Disability Living Allowance payment?

After putting his praise for Britain’s Paralympians on record, Mr Cameron replied: “We are not cutting the money that is going into supporting disability. We are reforming the system…it’s all about recognising people’s needs.”

Labour’s Anne McGuire accused him of “waffle” and said 600,000 people would see their income cut. The PM was having none of it, preferring to talk about the “huge consultation” that had gone into the policy change.

Cruel cut or long-overdue reform? Let’s find out.

The analysis

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is a non-means-tested, non-taxable cash payment that disabled people can claim if they are in work or not. It’s supposed to help with the extra costs of day-to-day caused by their condition.

The government has decided to replace it with the Personal Independence Payment.

It says there will be a more rigorous system of medical assessments to ensure people do not end up getting the money indefinitely if their condition improves.

The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) says that, at the moment, 70 per cent of DLA awards are open-ended, and there is no clear guidance on reporting a change in circumstances.

The new checking process means that about 500,000 fewer adults will claim DLA by 2015/16, resulting in an expected saving to the Exchequer of £2,240m over three years.

Crucially, the changes will only apply to working age people. Children and over-65s who claim the benefit will be unaffected by the switch.

Clearly, for technical, moral or political reasons, there was little appetite for a raid on DLA for disabled children or pensioners when the spending cuts were decided.

That is the key fact that enables Mr Cameron to say – choosing his words carefully – that the government is “not cutting the money that is going into supporting disability”.

DWP is expecting the amount of money spent on children and pensioners to go up over the next few years. That’s in line with the general increased uptake in DLA that we have seen since the payment was introduced in the early 1990s.

Claimants went up from about 2.4 million to about 3.3 million in ten years and if the government hadn’t intervened, they say, the cost would have carried on spiralling upwards.

The cuts to payments to working-age people – from £7.5bn this year to just under £6.9bn in 2015/16 – stabilises the overall spending figure but doesn’t actually reduce it by much compared to current levels because spending on children and the elderly goes up (here, table 2b).

That’s why DWP figures show that total spend on DLA will be more in 2015/16 than it was in 2011/12 (table 1b).

The verdict

But as far as DLA is concerned, Mr Cameron is correct to say that the total spend on Disability Living Allowance for people of all ages will not be lower in 2015/16 than it is now.

That doesn’t mean there won’t be a cut, in the sense that less money will now be spent than was previously envisaged.

Rightly or wrongly, the government has taken steps to curb the trend of rising spending on DLA. About half a million people will be affected.

Unfortunately for the Prime Minister, from a purely political point of view, the victims of the cut are the same demographic group in the limelight now thanks to the Paralympics, and, like the crowds who booed George Osborne this week, they are refusing to stay silent.

We also note that we have FactChecked other aspects of the government’s reform to benefits and tax credits and found that disabled children are set to lose out in other areas.

92 reader comments

Adisays:

The ATOS (French~owned, so the buck can be passed when it all goes wrong, as is happening) “tests” are based ENTIRELY in a system that was rejected in the USA as “patently~unfair”!!!
?But still it was enacted.
To “save” money, i.e. trip easy~targets up on technicalities.
?Isn’t it simply a case of people claiming illness presenting the evidence from their doctor&hospital?
?What about the 100,000+ specific~conditions that are ‘approved’ by the Home Secretary on a Special List?
?Have those conditions been thrown in the mix?
98% of the wealth of this country is in the hands of 2% of the population: that is where the compassion to put the proper amounts of disability~benefits in place lies.

Islington Council have sent letters to all council~tax benefit recipients today (6.9.2012) explaining how they must pay “an extra £192.17 per year or £3.69 per week” as “the Government is proposing to abolish the current~system”.
So, as well as cutting Disability Living Allowance under the phoney auspices of a changeover to P.I.P.’s, Council Tax must now be paid – all associate with inexorable&rapid~rise in food~prices due to worldwide harvest failiure, en route.
With “relaxation of planning~laws”, our less well~off citizens will be back in jerry~built slums before too long!
Hurrah, Tory Thatcherite Victorian Values are thriving, may as well stuff the poor&disabled up the chimmney&have done with it now!
Oh, … that’s what’s happening…
I blame our elitist political system : let’s scrap that, instead! ~:-)X

Vicky please define ‘Truly Disabled Just because someone isn’t in a wheelchair doesn’t mean they are not disabled. There is such a disability as ‘Chronic Illness Disability’. These are chronic illnesses such as Arthritis, Angina. TIAs (mini strokes) Strokes and many many illnesses or disabilities you can’t see. But it doesn’t mean they are not ‘Truly Disabled’ people. Do you realise how stringent the test are for DLA. It took me 9 years to get it 5 DWP Dr’s home visits. 1 interview at their Offices and 1 Appeal Tribunal. I was awarded it for life. Now it will be taken away and I will have to reapply for PIPs. which is designed to fail me and I know now I will be turned down. I am willing to put as much money on that with you if you want to. 0.05 % of DLA claimants are fraudulent according to Governments own figures. So who are the ‘Truly Disabled’. Please tell us.

hi,Im already worrying about loseing my DLA i will have the medical next year ,ive been on dla since 1994 since i was told i have arithritis my consultant at the time always told me to live my life to the fullest that i could i do push myself to do more on good days but u always no u will pay for it the next day.i used to work as school escort takeing special needs children to school but i got pushed over by one of the children and hurt my back so had to stop.i.m now on houseing benifits which pays only my bills my dla pays for everything else including food travel andeveryday liveing so if i lose my dla i will also lose my home and independance i am 61 and only have small pension to come when i,m 65. i try not to worry but its always at the back of your mind i also get very depressed its not easy at my age when you dount no what the future holds for you thanks for your support pam

PIPS 50/50% questionnaire is a “joke” it’s mainly focused on people who need a career or have a physical disability. The answers are yes or no with no way of explaining in your own words how your disability (be it mental or physical) affects your everyday today life. At this moment in time i’m a pealing against this decision I’ve looked into the DDA looked at how Atos health care specialists should know about everything no matter what the disability is and also know the side effects of all medications and how it affects the patient both mentally and physically. I’very totally stripped each question down and given a write up to each question on all the ways it affect me. What they are trying to do is class a disability as everyone has to be the same their not looking at the fact everyone is a affected differently in every way hence yes or no answers. I’very had to send my appeal twice now the first time the person gave me the wrong postal address and if I hadn’t of checked to see if it had arrived I would be none the wiser. The second time I placed a letter of complaint about the fact of being given the wrong address by their team member and how disgusting it is in the way the system is treating people with disabilities. Been down to the CAB and it looks like I have a good strong case if I need to take it further up the ladder

To: Vikey Wilson…..
……………………………..Vickey, you are either a child, or someone who just doesnt understand the issues. Those who are NOT Disabled cannot claim (believe me that those of us who are have to jump through hoops to prove to these fascists that we qualify). For those of us who ARE disabled we STILL have to jump through hoops for the fascists who assess us,

Please dont think that if you dont have a wheelchair or walking stick that you are not disabled. There are lots of “invisible” disabilities you dont see, and the ignorance you display doesnt help the situation. I prat that you never become disabled, and need help. I also pray that you grow up very soon.

What about the terminally Ill and the people who have incurable diseases or mental health problems,The fraud rate for Disability Living Allowance is 0.5 per cent but the coalition has said it will reduce claims by 20%, so like you say the disabled should get it but by using the coalitions own figures this is not happening is it

2 years ago my health started to deteriate , ie dvts angina , then to pour petrol on the fire I was diagnosed with a rare cancer, which cannot be removed but constantly monitored . I have worked since I was 16 years of age , and at each stage of attempting to obtain benefits , a brick wall was put up by faceless people who come across as untrained , unhelpful , and what seemed fully trained in the aspect of they will not have any benefits if I can help it ,totally focused in a you are all scroungers, at one point not accepting that my health issues are real, and I think what they do is try to make you give up trying to have what you are entitled to legally.But to those who are in the same boat as I was in as I did get my entitlements , there are organisations out there who will help , and these faceless persons know that when they get involved they will ensure that fair play is done , so my advice is look for these organisations , don’t allow them to wear you down , good luck , remember their policy is not to tell you what you are entitled to but to leave you starve if they have their way .

David Cameron can say all he likes that they are trying to help Disabled People or make sure the money goes to the most needy but at the end of the day these reforms will destroy lives. They are removing DLA from 1,000s who will now struggle to live day to day & they are encouraging disabled people to go into work while closing down the majority of Remploy Factories, where most of the workers will have little chance of getting jobs elsewhere.

How many offices, shops, etc in the UK are equipt to employ a disabled person? How many would be willing to do so?

The constant use of works like scrounger and skiver by Cameron & the likes of Duncan-Smith, Grayling & Miller have also increased the hostility aimed at disabled people, especially against those with hidden disabilities.

The fact that politicians making these cruel decisions have been selected to hand out Paralympic Medals is disgraceful,. it would be like asking the Pope to give out medals in the Gay Olympics!.

do you think that the new constraints simply do not not apply to children and retired folk or is this purely political? If they should have been applied to children and retired people this presumably would have been a cut? Any one know the answers?

There are a vast amount of people that need D.L.A. considering the difficulties they go through with being disabled caused by injuries and a number of medical conditions but they are refused help in more ways than one,so this government need to be educated on real logic and understanding’s of the needy and stop throwing money away on people that do not deserve benefits of any description including immigrants that get it all for no reason.

Meanwhile, no bankers in jail or even charged….the media in monopoly hands….no action against tax havens…..no action against millionaire tax cheats…..more attacks on the NHS, plus an increase in privatisation…..more tax relief for the rich…..unemployment at disgusting levels……child and adult poverty on the increase…..Britain deindustrialised, with no replacement activities…..PFI rip offs continuing….less protection proposed for the built environment…..more “covert” interference in the Middle East….more privatisation of education….

So what do the Tories do?….Why, attack our most vulnerable citizens, that’s what.

What a gang of tenth rate, rotten-to-the-core spivs and suited up barrow boys they are.

I has a degenrative desise of 2 dics and vertabre in my lower back. I use 2 crutches to get around. My back will not inprove but can only get worse over time. Doctors have stated to me that they will not operate until I can no longer walk as the risks are too great. I have had 2 seperate medicles by government drs for DLA, both doctors stated that I will be fully recovered in the next 6 to 12 months. I appealed on both occasions and won the appeals and I receive higher mobility and middle care. I do not beleive that they read any medicle reports that was supplied to DWP. I am terrified that I’m going to have to fight a 3rd time in the near future as it will mean yet again getting docters repors,t attending additional appointments ect. and I know that I am going to have to appeal all over again.I know of at least 3 other people that have been through the same situation but with differant ailments. ATOS MUST be replaced with qualified doctors, not with forign doctors who don’t know or understand our system.

My Husband has just appealed against the decision to stop his IB. He had an accident 9 years ago, lost his business is in chronic pain, has been prescribed more and more pain relief (the amount of which would be an overdose to anybody not in the pain he is) . At his assessment the nurse from ATOS had not even read his file, had no idea of his condition, was not interested in the fact that he is still being consulted by a neuro surgeon and is awaiting a decision on whether surgery will be worthwhile.
If you are not paraplegic you are able to work in their opinion. We are awaiting the appeal.

The problem we have in this country is that we do not have many people of our own in that
profession hence the need to hire foreign doctors. I find foreign doctors more helpful than our own. Unless you have a “thing” for check it out with your mrs & daughters how many foreign doctors have checked into her well being and you will have an idea

They have said they are not looking at the over 65s.but the crucial part of this comment is ‘at the moment’. So it is in their sights.
Another aspect of this which is conveniently not mentioned is. Carers. To become a registered Carer. The person you care for has to be claiming DLA High Rate Care. So if that is taken away, so will their rights as Carers and Carers Allowance if they get it. So as well as the 500,000 claimants there will also be that amount of Carers. Another point is DLA will be ending and every one will lse that benefit and have to reclaim for PIPs which is designed deliberately to fail. Also high Rate Mobility Cars will be affected. This he’s far deeper than anyone imagines.

You didn’t do the logical follow-up to that Roger. The fact that Carers Allowance would go from the carer means that they would then need to claim JSA. That would mean the carer/ex carer has a choice of being subject to the rules of JSA (actively seeking work/taking up workfare schemes) or dropping out of the benefit system altogether so they can ensure the safety of the person they are caring for.

The Tories, Lib Dems AND Labour- because Labour are going along with this, save money on the benefits bill and you will see a big smile from Grayling, IDS, Cameron and Clegg claiming the reforms (cuts) are working

The full effects of the change over wont be realised until car forecourts are stuck with repossessed mobility scooters, sunlife mobility insurance will then be in trouble loosing lots of their DLA clients, body shops will loose jobs and end up with redundances , ..
PIP have changed the descriptors and criteria to purposely ignore certain illnesses. I have psoriatic arthritis , and autoimmune degenerative condition which will never get better! The disease has already caused major damage to my joints and soft tissue and i was awarded DLA for life, as my condition will only get worse. On the new PIP i wont be eligable for a motability car(which i am at the moment) and will lose all independance which i have fought so hard to keep. The change over is purely to save money , nothing else. They dont want to help disabled people , they want us all to disappear as we are simply an expensive inconvenience to them…….its an utter disgrace , and something needs to be done about it!

My husband suffers from primary progressive multiple sclerosis, spinal stenosis and COPD, and will be 65 next March so should escape the PIP assessment. I have had to give up my permanent job to claim carers allowance and have a part time position working for my church, working from home to supplement this. As he is also at present on Contribution based ESA a letter received today says I will need to go for a work related assessment, where’s the logic in that!! He needs me at home to look after him and I am doing all I can to work as well. If the government hadn’t messed around with the retirement age, I would have been retiring myself next year.

I don’t know how to reply to yet another new story that worries me greatly. The fear of endless medical assessments and in the end losing my benefits means I have no quality of life now or for the foreseeable future. I don’t understand how the new system will work. Why cannot our own doctors GPs or consultants assess us as to whether we’re ready for work or not? Why is it only vulnerable targets who cannot hit back are those chosen to lose their only income whilst wealthy people just get wealthier? I really don’t know what to do about all these benefit changes and losing all my money. I am disabled and my condition is such that I will continue to be disabled for the rest of my life. Who do I ask to help me with the DLA/PIP changes? Thank you for highlighting this issue.

The bottom line is, unless enough people band together (meaning most, if not all with disabilities & others) and protest against these ludicrous policies, Mr. Cameron & his government will go on doing what the hell they like, because we all moan about something… but then either forget all about it or resign ourselves to something like “this is the way it has to be i suppose…” but it doesn’t! other countries seem to protest strongly when they are getting a raw deal from their government, so why can’t we!?

this is what i feel the paralymics has im sure opend many peopol,s eye,s in to Disability but i ask my self this now they have workd they backsides off is ths government going to reconsider cuts on DLA [ Disability Living allowence] this should be doing that beacause there have put there all into the games how many wheelchairs will now need replaceing at an exsensive cost its the least cameron SHOULD DO OR WILL HE PICK UP THE COST OF NEW WHEELCHAIRS mm

you do realize that people who can walk, weather they have artificial legs, or walking aid, will loose there D.L.A., its about time all of us disabled people
fought back, go on protest marches, get the government kicked out, afterall, its not only DLA, its pensions as well you do realize that someone retireing now will only get £l45 a week to live on, nothing else to top up there income,
that is well below the .average wage, they are hitting people who cant fight back, well its time we did, pensioners too. l would like to start a peoples parliament, always tell the truth, fight for peoples right, get the government kicked out, l am severely death, and speech impediment, am 62 have retired, what about me, l am under 65, will l loose mine, because l can walk,
l have retired, but as far as the government is concerned l am under 65, l am working age. huh l can see more riots, more unrest, more muggings, more people stealing, out of desperation, mostly,. we need to stand together
and fight for our rights, say no more bullying on vulnerable people, enough is enough, stand together as one, it can be done, kicked margarete thacher out,
didn’t we. done it once we can do it again…

Richard / Kate. People are banding together there are facebook sites, Blog sites and forums. There are also a few Petitions going about with thousands signing up to them. there are Demonstration around the country. The government Ministers were booed at the Paralympics and GB athletes hid away their badges showing Atos as the Sponsor. The facebook sites are Benefits and Work, Hardest Hit. Say No To Disability Living Allowance Reforms. Carers UK.Rethink Mental Illness. Even sites where Disabled People can chat together about their lives and how the losing of benefits affects them. Kate. You are not on your own, there are millions out there in exactly the same position Carers as well. They are scared stiff about the future. Go to the Benefits and Work facebook site or their Website it is full of help and information to guide you through this immoral and degrading maze.

Where to start … my daughter is a 10 year old girl who has type 1 diabeties insulin dependent our dla claim was due to expire 16th june 2012 so the relevent manual was filled in at great depth and sent back around the 16th june however here where the fun starts …..after a month i decided to spot check see if the claim was in process..being processed etc as the carers payment was suspended because of the dla expiration immediately well ..after 25 mins down the jobcenter rather than feeding the payphone on an 0845 number i got through spoke to someone who mumbled their name that i missed “any idea if my claim is being processed ?”
DLA “its not showing on the system yet but it can take upto 3-4 weeks to show up as recieved”
ME “oh its ok its just that i have been missing the carers payment in my benefit for a month now and the monthly payment of 195 i was due for her dietry requirements since ”
DLA “oh ill send you another claim pack in the post just incase ”
ME “ok thanks so i need to contact the carers allowance department re the missing weekly payment ?”
DLA “yes do call back next week to check again to see if the application has been recieved and processed…

then through the post came a confirmation on 23rd july saying they recieved the renewal on the 9th july and was being processed …it has taken 5 weeks for a confirmation from the dla section with the recieved date being 9th july hang on a min it was posted back the 16th june ..not my fault your systems take 3-4 weeks to acknowledge the reciept so you would think …… wrong !!
then my income support stopped and was told that i was ineligible because of not being in reciept of carers allowance and dla this was the 16th august …i am waiting for a descision on my renewal of dla then inform the carers allowance so what next ?
i have to claim jsa !!! and claim a crisis loan for the bridging gap between 16th aug-10th sept
a crisis loan has to be paid back ,,for the 150 i have recieved 50 per week is going to be recovered when this is cleared up from benefits…. erm hello… is it me or should there be provisions for this kind of dilemma because of the dla making a descision should be simple because type 1 diabeties isnt going to go away her pancreas has stopped producing insulin so have to be on hand 24/7 with insulin if high bloodsugars or dextrose if low bloodsugars
then…

then saturday september 8th after 11 weeks got a letter from the dla saying we are sorry for the time it is taking with your claim DO NOT WORRY YOU WILL NOT LOSE OUT ON ANY MONEY and will be in contact soon . BEGGARS BELEIF it stopped 11 weeks ago
try getting your head around that lot and its still awaiting a descision 8 weeks rent arrears and 8 counciltax entitlement ..the other children needing new uniforms for the new term and to top it off when it gets re-instated ill be back in the same situation because ill have to start a fresh income support claim but cannot get a crisis loan to tide us over because you can only get 3 a year now
UNBELIEVABLE THE DLA SCRUTINEERS NEED SHAKING VIGOROUSLY FOR ABOUT 11 WEEKS ….AND STILL SHAKING NOW …I STILL AWAIT THE DESCISION

How many people are going to say to hell with this. Can any one tell me what is the point in being put through all this misery and stress. Especially when you know at the end of it all you are going to be failed. Then if you have enough stamina to go for Appeal. You know you are going to go through it all again with a review and assessment to see if there is any change in your condition. Then to be failed again and so on.

I suffer from fibromyalgia and am in constant pain atos and dwp dont give a toss about disabled people-we have to fight this coalition tooth and nail to stop these cuts-i amcampaigning daily at scottspeirs3 on twitter you can support us there many thanks

i dont khow anyone else with fibromyalgia i really sympethise its a devastating condition both to mind and body and also has a knock on effect on the family you dont have the energy to fight but stay strong

I suffer with disc disease as a result of a road traffic accident in 1998, I’d already had a disc and bone removed from my lower back in 1996, so as you can imagine my back is pretty much knackered, I have lost feeling down my right leg this makes walking very tricky, I don’t go out unless someone is with me in case I fall as I wouldn’t be able to get up unaided. Then last year I was diagnosed with fibromyalga,, I’m on a cocktail of 34 tablets a day, im in bed by 6.30pm everyday, the pain and joint stiffness is incredible, some days I cant even get out of bed, my eldest daughter is my main carer. I’ve just had my DLA stopped after 11years of being awarded DLA for an in-definite period of time, I’m going to appeal the decision. When the so called ‘assessment professional’ came to my home to see me, he said well at least you don’t have cancer. He came to my home because the DWP felt that I wasn’t fit to go to their medical centre, OMG!!!! I’m at my wit end, scarred for the future, and in chronic widespread pain. HELP.

Wow. Fear for my cousin although to be fair he will be fine as we have a big family. He suffers from Muscular Dystrophy, Myalgia, and has lumbar lordosis, He has coped well with this since he has been diagnosed, Nearly 7 years now. His muscle have wasted in hips.Shoulders to the point he needs help in everything he does daily, Through to using the toilet to getting up from sofa/bed etc, We will not let him suffer because of these changes he is entitled to his benefits and we will fight to make sure he gets them. We can’t tell him about these changes as his condition affects his heart, He already declines anything we give him as he likes to be independent, even though he can’t. Cameron don’t let the disabled suffer

I presently receive £20 per week DLA for Chronic Depression for which I have received treatment since 1989. I have looked at the criteria for the new PIP and it is clear that I will not
qualify, so I will not be applying. It is ironic that I have helped the Liberals/Liberal Democrats for the last 40 years. I will not be renewing my membership in October. I have no prospect of paid employment and have already been discriminated against in job applications. The Government has no appreciation of the lives of the disabled. There seem to be few Politicians who speak
positively about us unless we are elite athletes or similar. The press is rabidly against “disability scroungers” as we are all lazily labelled. The Disability Discrimination Act
is ignored and the Equalities and Human Rights Commission conspicuous by its silence.
I can only see a bad outcome to all this.

Our daughter Nat has Downs syndrome. She is 26. Had her DLA
Reduced to lowest last year. She was born with bilateral cateracts , so has limited sight, her speech is illegible.
She has no stranger danger, would happily go with anybody who said mum / dad told me to pick you up,
no road sense, has limited hearing senses. We took this to the very top and was refused appeal on the grounds NAT has no behavioral problems !!!
She’ s 26 and cannot leave the house unescorted and has 24 hr 7 day care in the house. Justify that !!!!

Hi Margaret
I hope you have appealed on a point of law?
This is outrageous!
Look at this website for help,http://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/about-us, it has helped us with our Autistic son.
Best wishes
Mike

Two ways we can look at this. Either the Government have planned this all with precision. Which would make them very efficient. This I doubt, they are Politicians
Or, they are just going headlong into their dogma against the Welfare System without any forethought and planning of the consequences to millions of people’s lives. This I am more inclined to believe
Which ever is right, it must make them the most imorral and heartless Government this country has ever known. I also include the Labour Party in this because they started it. 21st century? Charles Dickens would have a field day writting his books now with the heartbreaking stories we are hearing. They are putting people who already have a miserable life, into greater misery. Shame on them all.

come-on* wake-up!!
look up Article19*
of th Human-rights*
for disabled people!
Camern signed-up to this*
it’s aUN* directive
and legally binding*
so stop moaning*
and use those computer’s to good effect!!
embbarass the B**tard??

PIP is just a huge waste of public money. They talk about bringing in reviews and medical assessments as though these things are somehow innovations. DLA already has provisions to impose regular reviews on recipients and it already has the provision to demand an independent medical assessment before granting awards. Granted, the DWP didn’t use them very effectively, but all that was needed was a change in the DWP’s policy to ensure the majority of DLA claimants became subject to reviews and independent medical assessments. All you’d need to do then is introduce a small bill abolishing the lower rate care component and indefinite awards, and hey presto! You’ve got the exact same thing as PIP. They could do that tomorrow if they wanted. This expensive rebranding is a completely unnecessary waste of time and money.

The truth is this change will only benefit the tiny minority that shouldn’t be in receipt of DLA. Those people who worked the DLA system will be able to work the new one too. And those wrongful claimants will all get transitional protection of their awards, while new claimants in genuine need will be forced to struggle through a new system.

I only received my D.L.A. @ the appeals process, same with my Fiancee’, I have Scoliosis, & have to wear a built up shoe/trainer because of 4 operations when I was younger, I was left with a left leg discrepancy of 6″, my leg doesn’t straighten, since breaking my ‘Gammy’ leg in 2007, I have developed the same condition that I had as a child, it’s called a ‘Desmoid Tumour’ & because I cannot sit or stand for any period of time, i’m in constant chronic pain, which I have to take Morphine to try & control, my Fiancee’ has Fibromyalgia & various side issues connected to this cripling illness, how would they feel in our shoes? If it were them, or any member of their family, then this wouldn’t be an issue! We’re made out to be faking our illness/pain, fine, bring it on, it’s the ones who cheat the ‘system’ that need to be prosecuted & even persecuted! Leave Us Alone!!

i suffer from both phisical and mental problems and am 50 years of age . whats the point of all these acts of discrimination.
the fear of losing entitlement is having a negative effect on thousands of people and i understand now why people top themselfs. there dosent seem to be a way out and medical support is renderd pointless at the assessment which scares alot of people.

I suffer from Cerebral Palsy and was diagnosed at the age of three. I am in a lot of pain 80% of the day and the only time my pain subsides is in the bath. I am an independent 23 year old who has always pushed the boundaries. I don’t let my disability get in the way of the things I want to do I just go around the obstacles a different way. Will I be punished just simply because I don’t need a wheelchair to get about?
I find it hard to walk far which is why I rely heavily on my car, but from reading these new guidelines I won’t be able to keep it.
Maybe Mr Cameron should show a bit more compassion, to say his son was disabled he obviously didn’t do much of the work did he.
He needs to look at the actual benefit cheats who come into this country marry someone get a house that they don’t have to pay for, have kids they don’t have to pay for, maybe if he looked into all these claims then he may actually get some respect. I hope his son is looking down at him and see’s what a disgrace his dad is. I AM FUMING!!!!

Whats the Difference between Jimmy Savile and this Government NOTHING! they are both abusers and rapists of the vulnerable.

This Government are raping benefit claimants and the working person of their wealth, it will not stop until they are removed from power, the Benefit Reform Bill needs to be repealed.
The DWP are systematically searching through all bank accounts and matching them with benefit claimants details, they are harvesting all the overpayment of benefits they can find to fill up the coffers of the exchequer but on the other hand this Government are not interested in closing the loop holes the rich and mega companies use to avoid tax, just like Jimmy Savile this Government are getting away with it.

I am a 47 year old man, living on the south coast. I worked hard all my life, up until 10 tears ago.

In 2000 I had a bout of Bronchitis. This got worse and turned into full blown terrible pneumonia. I was coughing terribly, and feeling simply terrible.

I was totally shattered, I couldn’t even walk 10 yards from my bed to the loo.

I was sent for a chest x-ray, and I was diagnosed with Tuberculosis. I was still coughing very badly.

I keep referring to coughing for a reason, and that reason being, during my TB I cracked several ribs from coughing. It was just unbearable pain, I was in tears for weeks on end, and could see no help.

The ribs couldn’t mend properly due to the constant coughing from the TB and pneumonia, and they just got more and more painful. I went through a nasty drug therapy to combat my TB, and thankfully after about 6 months I started to get a little better.

However, I was still coughing, and was still suffering excruciating pain in the right intercostal ( Rib) area. I spent several months being given Epidurals to help combat the pain. I was also on a lot of morphine patches and lozenges.

there takeing money off the poor to send the money over seas its all wrong,,i was abused by atos nazis 6 of them health care thats a joke, i went to atos health care interview they said me your a fxxking lier, i have ms.and depression,and diebeetetes they said theres nothing wrong with you, 6 of them grapped my arms and forced me to the floor, some one from behind punched me in the back so hard i could not get my bearth, this has got to be wrong,fair they say. they are all nazis been told il lose all my dla il end up with £50 a week my fual bills are £175 every month,what are we going to live on, no body listens to me all my surport workers have lost there jobs, our CAB has closed down, no one to turn too,DWP workers have abused me over the phone they over payed me by £5000 pounds. which i am paying back going to take years its all wrong as they make the payments not me ????? thank you i think were got to stand up to the PM and his bullys

I have secondary progressive MS and am wheel chair dependant. My husband is 60 this year but has to retire in order to look after me. I am 62 so younger than 65 but already receiving a tiny pension as I retired when I was 60. Where do we stand in all of this – does anyone know? The DLA will be our only source of income until my husband can get his pension in 6 years!

It is not a bit of good saying we have to get rid of this Government because of what they are doing to the chronically ill and disabled people. Who will change it certainly not Labour. What opposition are the putting up against this Government over this. Absolutely none. Only weasel words. Nothing will change. The ConDems are doing the dirty work for them. If any one is confident enough that Labour will change things, go down to the betting shop tomorrow and put a very big wager on it. The Bookies will be laughing all the way to the Bank. because you would lose. Labour started it all with their Welfare Reforms.

It seems as though there’s a quiet culling going on; and from what I’ve read I’m not alone in this thought. I wonder how the general public would feel to see sick and disabled people in their droves begging on street corners? Perhaps we should name a day and do it as a protest? (Any specific names and addresses for protest campaigns would be gratefully recieved.))

I am spinia bifidia and have problem walking or standing too long. I have a mobility car and it was a life save as got me more independant. I was awarded the higher rate mobility as my condition will not improve and my mobility has infact got worse over the years. I am very concerned with reports in the paper that those even worse than me are getting their mobility award taken away. It seems that the genuine ones are being punished for those that had abused the system. if I loose my mobility award I will not be able to do the job that I am doing at present. I just hope that when they do carry out checks that they do realise that the majority of those receiving the awards is in fact genuine and the ones that are just abusing the system are the ones that loose the entitlement.

ive been in recept of DLA component for high rate mobility and middle rate care for 3 years ive just renewed it as it ends on 5/1/2013 i have astma depression tirgger thumb both hands i have an ulcer diabetes on insulin fibromyalgia heart conditions endothenial disfuction sever distal heart disease high blood pressure im told that there is nothing that can be done medically that basically this condition will kill me im on that many drugs i could open my own chemist im in constant pain and chronic fatigue i also have shoulder in pingment syndrome and at the end of may i sufferd a stemi myocardial infarsion heart attack my hasband helps look after me he also isnt well and i have a disabled son . I sent of my new claim for with medical evidence from various parties only to have my mobility taken of me and put on the lower rate care i phoned them up to be told that they dont take into consideration any medical support they havent even wrote to my gp who i see almost every week because of my conditions and added more medication you know living like this on a daily basis is depressing and difficult enough why kick us even more you just coudnt make this up im bloody appealing this is not…

Just had my dla taken off me , ive had 2 operations on my spine and several nerve root blocks , im under the care of a cpn as i have severe depression and anxiety, i also have to catherterize myself several times a day, im on lots of medications and see my gp every week , they took all my benefit away ….. Im due to go into hostpital for a radical hysterectomy as a large tumor has now been found … I asked for a reconsideration and was denied straight away , my gp and specialists have not been contacted about my conditions as i asked them ….. I’ve now got a welfare rights lady trying to build a subbision up for me to go to an i dependant tribrunal , this will take months ….. Is everyone getting taken off the benefit because of this new pip benefit ?

I have had diabetes for 50 years and as a child and young mum claimed nothing as I didn’t know you could my parents and my husband looked after me when I was unable and I looked after myself at all other times until I had a heart attack at 38 I thought my world had ended I had to give up work. Having always worked I found this difficult and retrained to work in an office, it was suggested I claimed DLA which I did and although the carers side of the award was refused (no problem) I was awarded the mobility side at the higher rate, this opened up a new life for me as I was able to look for a job and found one where I have been working since, I now am thrown into turmoil worrying about how I will be able to get to work without my motability car. Do the Government not realise by taking away these vehicles that I and many others will most likely have to give up my job as I can not walk to work and there is no public transport in the area.Surely if we have to give up our employment we will be left with no income and will have to claim benefits, this will also effect my pension and will mean that I will have to claim income support in years to come, will this not cost the government…

I only stumbled upon this whilst looking to see whether my partner would be able to claim DLA for CFS/ Fibromyalgia/Severe depression. I was given an indefinate award for progressive osteoarthritis back in 2000, my just turned 18yr old daughter has bordeline asd/ full blown adhd/ odd/ rad/ raynauds/ depression and partial deafness and has been awarded her first ever indefinate after 9yrs of renewals. I’m appalled at the plans to scrap DLA in favour of PIP?! My daughter would never cope in a work environment, my partner – who is also my carer – has had to drop his part time job hours as his illnesses progress. We own our own home and are only just coping with his part time wage, my DLA, daughters DLA and partners carers. Does this government treat those not of this country in the manner they do us?? I think not! Maybe if they did – they’d find their additional money to line the fat cats pockets and then they could LEAVE US ALONE!!

i dont know what to think anymore please excuse my spelling. i have arthitis walking problems c.o.p.d and a few other problems too many to mention. it is makin me worry just how it is going to all effect me with my dla. i do have depresion as it is how can you not be depressed if you are in constant pain.it makes me feel as if our goverment think if they take it away from us that they will get a big saveing this i think is true as they will drive us all to topping our selfs.think of it for everyone of us that they drive to the point of topping ourselfs and that seems what they want us to do so they are rid of all of us that claim any form of benifits at all.at times i feel that my life is not worth liveing as it is.
this certainly is not helping me or anyone in my position to feel wanted or cared for to the point that suicide might be the only way out eventualy.
would be nice to go to sleep and just not wake up all these problems would just be left behind that would make them happy just another dead english man that needs no more benifits.
if i had one wish in this life it would be for good health not the ill health i have. it makes you feel as if they want you to think it is…

sir i had quite an experiance with atos , with a docter and that i asked for her to be saked thay have no idea in the past three year i have had three operations on my spine after a crash
i am going into hospital soon for another opp
atos said i was fit for work ,i am in a wheelchair and most of my left side is paralized i have being fighting for benifits since

i find it disgusting and unfair that my friend who suffers with depression and takes anti depressants to help with it got awarded dla when im suffering with osteoarthritus in both my knees , i have bakers cysts behind both knees caused from the arthritus , i aslo have multi level osteoarthritus of the spine and a prolapsed disc and a bulging disc , i am currently taking morphine along with other meds that dont even touch the pain , im 37 years old and living my life in constant pain .. how the hell did my mate get awarded it when she doesnt need care and has full mobility ??
so not fair !!!

Hey guys I know my disability may not be as painful or as srs as others but I have terrible OCD and turrettes combined with depression and anxiety I am unfit to work as I can not go about a simple task without turning it into a rigmarole I’m a 22 year old guy and its pretty hard at my age to have what’s goin on and on top of this they cut almost 300 pound of my benefits because I missed 2 appointments and now I’m down to the bare minimum baring I mind I live alone while I know people that are on dla and whatever else because they are stopping drugs and there gettin more than I am money wise it’s an absolute joke my mum is the same she has a spinal disease which requires her yo have 2 crutches at all times where do they approve these forms for idiots on drugs and people with ADHD it makes no sense they can still work.

Have just had my application and re-consideration letter for DLA refused. My problem is I do not need the DLA but the mobility allowance as I have problems with walking. Am awaiting an appointment to see specialist.

The worst thing is they had lied on the 2nd refusal, by stating that they had contacted my doctors. I can walk about 10 metres unaided then I need help. They state I can walk 50 metres, god knows where they get this from. I even had a letter from my doctor attached to the re-consideration letter stating that I could NOT walk 50 metres. So they obviously did not read the doctors letter nor did they contact the surgery, why lie? When I go back to my doctors next week he will be livid at this total disregard of his letter. And that is not the only ‘fib’, but by far the worse.

So I shall be going to appeal and one thing that will be pointed out to them is the fact that they have been a little more than economical with the truth.

I truly believe that they make now make it difficult so that it puts many people off as it is such a rigmarole to get through the system.

peaceful resolutions are a thing of the past nowadays, females didnt get the vote till some mad doris threw herself in front of horses, some of us are disabled to a point of no effect, others less so, inflammatory comments even get policed nowadays, if the current goverment is bringing back victorian governing, then as the old saying goes, “may aswell be hung for a sheep as for a lamb”, get my drift?, southern nancys?

hi i now how you feel i have had 4 opps on my back and things are no better i wake up every night with pain . i worked 21 years as a support worker and have been told that i,m fit for work what a joke . i cant even stand up to put on my make up with out pain and i dont use a lot of make up so it,s not like i,m putting on ready mix lol . i walk with a stick and have to have help to do our food shop . but if pour a bottle of drink down your neck your laughing all the way to the bank .xx

I suffer from depression,anxiety panic attackes and kidney failure everyday I have constant pain in my body.I walk with a limp walking is a struggle for me,I have days when I have nausea and this can last days,weeks and months this is caused from the kidney failure I have a slipped disk in my back which limites my activities and the worst part is the Dr’s won’t do surgery because of the damaged kidney so I suffer in pain the pain is so bad I’am in tears then I get frustrated and become depressed.And now the goverment is cuting the most in need ofcoarse knock us down abit further when we are struggling to live go after the real people who are cheating the system.

Just been refused my DLA renewal. I have two heart conditions, degenerative disc in back and neck, stroke problems, chronic duodenitis and chronic pancreatitis. Was refused without even a medical, they only used my claim form and GP report. Got copies of both which clearly stated that I could not walk 50 meteres, and both stated that I have substantial care needs as a result of toilet needs, pain, fatigue, falls etc. However the decision maker has decided that I have no mobility or care needs. How is this possible?

TO JOHN CARR >>>>>>> “The Mobility part of the DLA – & Blue Badges – should only be given to people who cannot walk or have great difficulty in walking. Too many get these who don’t need these benefits”

What on earth are you on about? Blue badges are only awarded to the HIGHEST RATE of DLA Mobility where the criteria is inability to walk without distress, or via Local Authority if you are not on DLA, at which time a medical exam is used to ascertain your need for a badge.

So what is your gripe? Have you seen some poor soul whom to you seems not to qualify, and you know better than their doctors?

Im sick of people accusingme of “not being disabled” because im not in a wheelchair or on a stick… What exactly is the problem?

I am 47, born disabled. I have fought with ever ounce of my being to make myself employed and even though every doctor told my mother I would never walk, I do. I fight prejudice everywhere. I claim DLA. It was the hardest single thing I have ever had to do. I was 16 when it was awarded. It was awarded for LIFE to me by a Tory government, when Thatcher was in power. Now, another Tory government, in my opinion the most evil government in my living memory now wants to take it away. Have I grown a limb, or indeed a hip (I am missing a hip) in 31 years? No, of course I have not. Is is harder for me now then when I was 16, yes, for many reasons. There is more prejudice now. I have always tried to remain positive and fight. I am losing that will, as all the promises and rhetoric means nothing. I can walk more than 20 meters. I will probably lose my car,my job and independence. I can not use public transport, as I am unable to sit on a seat without removing my prosthetic which weighs more than the chair I can not sit in.

Personal Independence Payment – This will take away my personal independence and my quality of life. Not all people are born equal, some are born with a disadvantage…

The conservatives and liberals are not the party of caring politicians they see disabled people as a burden but look after their rich friends we can do something at the next election .We can humiliate the conservatives and liberals we can get them out and keep them out and make them a minority political parties.There are enough disabled to swing any election we need to organise and make our vote count as a lesson to any other of these heartless vultures that we have a voice and a vote that could see the money grabbing heartless nerks looking for other jobs

“The Mobility part of the DLA – & Blue Badges – should only be given to people who cannot walk or have great difficulty in walking. Too many get these who don’t need these benefits.”

And they are. You can have difficulty walking when you are in constant pain for example. Also, many drivers with Blue Badges have them, because they care for others or are parents of disabled children.
You are in no position of judging people’s disability – you are not a doctor, mate.

And the cuts are what they are – arbitrary cuts. For them is just statistics. They (Cons) made a decision to save on benefits and they simply made it harder for people to get them. As it’s not easy to push those on JSA back to work, they turned against the disabled and ill (especially those with mental problems or learning difficulties), as many will not have the strength and/or will to appeal. And you have to appeal, because the new system is designed to put people off, not to help them in need. Disabled are not lazy. Now, someone without a leg might appear disabled to your regular “Dave the Daily Mail Reader”, but that person can work despite the problems with mobility and some prejudice. Someone else, who appears alright, but suffers from Multiple Sclerosis or severe agoraphobia, might have great difficulties to find and stay in job – one because of pain and fatigue leading to constant discomfort (for you, that would be like working with a permanent toothache while suffering from manful), the other because of a social phobia stopping them from commuting, panic attacks, anxiety etc. So leave the final decision to the doctors, not accountants, especially those right wing ones.

Whilst I am fully supportive of the genuinely disabled claiming I can only speak from experience of what I see and that is that some are claiming DLA who ought not to be.

I actually know a fairly young and fit man who is a long-term DLA claimant (about 10 years)..for depression. Now he is perfectly well otherwise but is now used to being on benefits and has convinced himself that he is ‘disabled’. The thought of work depresses him! I am sorry but depression is something almost everyone gets at some point and is not a valid disability claim – certainly not long-term/indefinitely, which is the case with this man. As far as he is concerned he is going to spend the rest of his life on DLA which means he will have been on it for 40 years or so. That is wrong for those paying his benefit as well as himself. People like this man need a push into self sufficiency or they will remain trapped on DLA. Genuinely disbled people should be left alone but those that see DLA as an easy life option need to be rooted out. In fact getting active would be the best thing for them not leaving them forever to reflect.

I might add that I myself also suffer from depression and have joint pains in my back and feet, however, I would not dream of claiming DLA benefits. Life is a struggle sometimes, it was never mean’t to be easy – it is just the way it is unfortunately.

VICKY i totally agee with the lady find out bout dla TRUST ME i woz rejected yrs ago then won my appeal 2 yrs i got it then after god nos ow many doctors n medical my disabily woz no better n likly get worse. i didt get it 1yr after that i re-claimed 6yrs i fort n it ended up going to the comissioner i got it indefanate n highest rate. BUT IM REALLY WORRIED as my son isnt a baby now i got re-called for a medical n the fella told a few porkys like i laced my trainers up wiv my fone in my hand lol LIER my feet woz swollan iad like flipflop sandles on they woznt laceups . IV got a idea stop paying them on a great wage 2 parents surly they wudt miss it (people that earn more them an amount) as any1 got any advice or in same boat as me

l am 62 and l am now a pensioner, l get disability benefit, l wont be 65 until
20l6 but l have now retired, what about me, l am severely death, and speech
impediment, l still find it hard now for people to. understand me, which is very upsetting, many times l nearly get run over, because l cant hear the
traffic, or hear cars coming up behind me, it is a worry, where do l stand, l .would love to get a hearing dog, but its the vet bills, how would you feel if
people could not, or don’t want to understand you, sometimes l cry, its very upsetting for me. where do l stand melody

Hi Melody, if you can get a hearing dog, then if you get help with council tax or housing benefits, you could go to the pdsa, they are very reasonable they only charge you a donation toward your pets health bill.

im so DISGUSTED that my doctor n consultant woznt asked n my losing my benefit cud be decided by a BLOODY joan of hark nurse (no1will b shooked yeah e told a few porkys i ad slip on sandels BUT he put e watched me tie my trainer laces while holing a mobile dafts not the worse of it yet i cant confront im very fair) people will stop n give up ! i get the thers people that shudt get dla n esa BUT genuin people theyl lose out n them that shudt will get , its so annoying WOTS NEXT send a nurse 2 do the armys job I need spinel injections every 3 mth i woz doing so well now evry 6mths witch now there not as affective its like im in a no win situation ! i think ALL mps arnt worth a wage instead of always using people on benefits making life that much harder GET RID of most dead weights that scam the tax payers 3 homes n expencices am sure we’d cope if most didt get a fat wage 4 screwing up our england . IM SICK OF BING LOOKED DOWN ON 4BING DISABLED . id swap my life like most if it ment bing able bodied

I have a son who has suffered from juvenile arthritis and uveitis since the age of 2. He is now 9 years old an has had steroid injection to his joints to control his swelling and pain. His on constant medication to control his condition. He has cataract operation done to both his eyes to try an save his eye site. Saying that he still has problems with his eyes his also admitted In children’s hospital day care unit an is put on a drip for his medication having all this medication I have been told he is no longer entitled to disability living allowance I have appealed against the decision it has now been 12 weeks an yet they still have not dealt with my appeal. I’m unable to work full time as it’s hard to keep up with appointments an keep a full time job. I was receiving careers allowance which has all stopped an been told I need to apply for Jsa an be available for work knowing I have a part time job working 12 hrs which is more then I can manage. I feel so stressed an helpless an is still waiting a decision to weather my son will be awarded disability living allowance. I feel like I’m going round in circles trying to get an answer all I get told is that they still not come a decision makes me wonder to what they actually do.

I think I will lose my blue badge because I can walk (though walking only half way round a supermarket cripples me and I have to go sit in my car to recover). I have a degenerative spinal problem but look fine to anyone who doesn’t know better. I tend to collapse at irregular times but the pain tends to build up as the day goes on if I don’t pace myself and rest between whatever I am doing. I have has 3 major surgeries on my spine and have 2 plates 6 bolts and two cages in my back. Losing my blue badge will definitely effect me but I guess I’ll just have to go out less and go round in clrcles in the car park until a space near the shops becomes available that isn’t a disabled spot. I remember way back in the Thatcher days that these types of unfair assessments where nothing my own GP, or any my specialists, said were taken into consideration and where set questions for canned answers scoring points and very biased interviews were the norm. So much for a caring system eh!

Iv just had to apply for pip, im 25 and since the age of 5 Iv had a heart condition epilepsy and nuerocardegenic syncope (I just pass out) my mum always had my dla up until I was 16. Anyway because I went thro a bad patch and stopped taking my medication my dla was stopped last year, this was only for a month and due to the amount of fits I was having I realised that actually things wernt that bad but due to that 1 month where I was in hospital due to my illness anyway they stopped my money. And its ok for some people to say I dont have a real disability id love you to spend a week as me, do you realise what its like after a fit? Not knowing where I am not being able to remeber little things like the lock on my phone. Urinating infront of complete strangers because I have no control over my body. Having someone (mainly my mum) help me shower/dress afterwards. I look completly normal I love my fake tan amd hair extensions so you would have no idea. And as for getting a job iv always wanted to work with animals in a shelter but am I allowed… no because id be putting myself in danger if I was in a cage with a mistreated animal and started fitting it would most properly go for me. Its actaully very difficult trying to apply for anything when they find out that I can pass out at any point or start fitting, who woulf want you on a til or answering a phone flr their company??

Hi Guys, I too am facing having to apply for the PIP. the problem for Mr Cameron is that he is not affected by what happens to the disabled, because he has a very large salary and expense account a home and no need for anything particularly. I take on average 26 to 32 tablets A DAY just for pain and this only mildly covers it, or takes off the edge. I have been medically signed off work, its not something I enjoy, I haven’t purposefully decided I will be disabled it is just the life course I find myself in. I feel the current government fail to realise that we have the same human feelings as everyone else, and we are not just lumps of meat. it almost seems that the current government want a Dickensian or even Orwellian society. where the disabled are either locked up and ignored or treated as equals except to say some are more equal than others ! . Mr Cameron I challenge you to experience a week of intolerable pain, where sleep depravation is the norm and the fatigue causes mental distress, and see if you can function as PM.. I implore you to re examine the anguish you are putting thousands of people under. I agree with reform I get it totally.. but if you want to trim the fat.. lets start with MPs salaries and expense accounts !”

Why do some people of this Country seem to think its the Governments job to look after them. I have a disabled daughter…i work so am not entitled to anything and she isn’t disabled enough, what ever that means. I also work with Special Needs and live next door to someone who isn’t disabled but claims and carers allowance….They are not taking it from those who really need it. If you can make some money working then they will tell you. All according what your doctors say and what you do at the reviews. We are so lucky to have what we do have…were so lucky to have what we have with the NHS. Try living in Romania or Africa!! The amount of people living here now, to those living longer…to the baby booms…who’s ment to pay for all this??????? Something has to give some where…It’s not hand out Britain anymore…just what we were all moaning about five years ago!!! And they did tell you all they were making big cuts and gave us a year to get ready..if anyone remembers!!! It’s not just about you….it’s about the country as a whole!

My son has had his claim for P.I.P. refused on grounds that are totally unfair the points system for P.I.P is a physical check it should for mental problems and not physical ones the 11pt scoring system is a joke cause it should be tailored for mental problem my son has got rather bad A.D.H.D and has had the condition for 12 years upon claiming P.I.P we’ve been refused it and didn’t even qualify for 1pt so meeting the minimum 8pts is impossible cause of the cheating wrong check they’ve cooked up this should be illegal it seems to me they can change the law whenever it suits them it boils down to what my nan said to me when I was young the quote goes “THE RICH GET RICHER THE POOR GET POORER” that’s the tories policy stand on the little people any one else with this problem can e-mail me and together we can try and fight them its not right so lets do something about it.

People should be aware that the PIP criteria is only to cut off people their benefits it is a very flawed system all in the name of austerity and the rich baron lords who govern this country…how many MP like Cameron who claimed sick benefits for his disabled son was okay? he is a multi millionaire but thought nothing of using his wealth for his own children its disgusting and should be stopped..another one using the system George Osborne who claims child support for his two children and is also a millionaire why aren’t these rich people not exempt from using these benefits its a total disgrace… but they bang on about these benefits scroungers